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FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does French and Indian War mean? 

FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR (noun)
  The noun FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR has 1 sense:

1. a war in North America between France and Britain (both aided by American Indian tribes); 1755-1760play

  Familiarity information: FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR used as a noun is very rare.


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FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A war in North America between France and Britain (both aided by American Indian tribes); 1755-1760

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

war; warfare (the waging of armed conflict against an enemy)

Holonyms ("French and Indian War" is a part of...):

Seven Years' War (a war of England and Prussia against France and Austria (1756-1763); Britain and Prussia got the better of it)


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